The Burning Embers Within Your Soul

      I met a guy who had an anger problem. He was mad and spoke a few swear words my way. This made me angry and I wanted to confront him however I fought back that feeling and walked away. I carried that feeling of anger toward him every time I thought about him, throughout my day. I could not understand why a stranger I did not know could provoke such intense feelings within me. I thought about it and then I began to understand. I had hidden anger within me that I was not aware of. These were like burning embers within my soul. All someone had to do was to pour some fuel upon them to set them aflame like that stranger did with his swear words.
     When I realized that I had hidden anger within me this realization brought me a feeling of peace. I realized that it was not the stranger that was making me mad but those burning embers within my soul that was causing me trouble. If they were not there that stranger could not have set them aflame with his words. If they were not there when I had met that stranger maybe I would have just smiled and walked away thinking that guy was just having a bad day. I would not have let what he had to say bother me throughout my day.
     I do not know exactly why I have a hidden anger problem but it is there sensitive to the words of others. It is something that I am working on and trying my best to have a total peace within my soul instead of a partial one. I do not like having strangers being able to ruin my day with their hurtful words. If I had no burning embers within me there would be nothing to set aflame. I love the feeling of peace within my soul rather than a feeling of hate towards another.
     I have to be more aware of myself in how I am feeling. When you think you have everything under control then something happens like a few swear words from a stranger that set your emotions aflame. I can have peace if I can find those hidden burning embers and put them out before someone sets them a fire. Maybe this is a way that we can have a peaceful world if every one of us would put out the burning embers within before they get the fuel they need to burn out of control.

Romans 12:18 "If  possible, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."